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WALTER M. COLVIN, 01E WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

DANCING TOY.

* Application filed July 7, 1915. Serial No. 38,549.

To all whom it may concern:

I Be it known that I, WALTER M. GoLviN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have inventedcertain new and. useful Improvements in Dancing Toys, of'which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved toy of the dancing type and theprincipal object of the invention is to provide improved means formounting the figure, the support for the figure being formed from astrip of resilient wire having one end portion connected with a post or.standard for oscillating movement and having the figure connected withits free end for pivotal movement.

Another object of the invention is to so mount the resilient support forthe figure as to permit the movement of the figure across the platformor supporting board to be guided by simply turning the wrist of the handholding the board.

Another object of the invention is to provide the post or standard withan improved type of cap for guiding the oscillating movement of theresilient figure supporting arm.

a This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whereinFigure 1 is a view in side elevation of the improved toy, Fig. 2 is atop plan view of the toy, the dotted lines indicating the side play ofthe figure supporting arm, Fig. 3 is a view taken along the line 33 ofFig. 1 to. show the supporting post in top plan, Fig 4 is a sectiontaken along the line 44 of Fig. 3, Fig. 5 is a section taken along theline 5-5 of Fig. 3 and Fig. 6 is a view somewhat similar to' Fig. 5 andshowing a slightly modified manner of connecting the supporting arm withthe post.

The body portion 10 of this toy which may be termed a supporting boardor platform is provided with a handle 11 and neck 12, the board beingpreferably formed of wood or some other material which isslightlyresilient and which will therefore form a good platform for the figure13 to dance upon.

The supporting post 14 is rig dly mounted upon the neck 12 and isprovided with a transversely extending arcuate pocket 15.

ositioned to one side of the central openmg 16 as shown in Figs. 3 and5.This post is provided with a cap or cover 17 Specification of LettersPatent.

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tral opening 16 of the post and is also provided with an arcuate opening20 which registers with the pocket 15 as shown in F gs. 4 and 5 thuspermitting the inner end portion 21 of the resilient supporting arm 22to be rotatably mounted in the opening 16 and the guiding finger 23fofthe arm to be mounted in the arcuate slot thus limiting the rotarymovement of the arm in the opening 16. This arm 22 extends across theboardor platform 10 and carries the figure 13 upon its free end portion,the figure being loosely the arm t us permitting pivotal movement of thefigure in order to hold the figure in the proper position when theplatform or board is turned to cause the figure to swing from oneposition to another upon the board. The arm 22 is coiled at a pointadjacent the post to form the spring element 24 thus giving additionalresiliency to the arm.

If desired the form shown in Fig. 6 may be used, in which casethe post14 will be simply provided with a ,central opening to receive the innerend portion 21 ofi the resilient arm, this end portion being rectangularin cross section so that the arm will be'prevented from turning in thepost. In this form it will be obvious that the'flgure will not bepermitted to have the transverse movement across the board or platform.When this device is in use the figure will be Imounted upon the free endportion of the resilient arm 22 and the inner end portion 21 of the armwill be inserted in the opening 16 and the uiding finger passed into thepocket 15. he body portion or platform 10 will then be grasped by thehandle 11 and by moving the hand rapidly up and down the board will becaused to strike the feet of the dancer thus vibrating the resilient arm22 and causing the figure to dance upon the latform. When it is desiredto have the gure move from one side of the platform to the other itissimply necessary mounted upon the free end of supportmg arm g p p iiaagaa swing from one side of the board to the other as indicated by thedotted lines in Fig. 2. The guiding finger 23v will limit the swingingmovement of the supporting arm and prevent danger of the figure movingentirely can be disconnected from the post and the toy put away.

What is claimed is 1. A dancing toy comprising a platform, a resilientarm extending longitudinally of said platform and mounted foroscillating 'movement transversely of said platform,

and a figure connected with the free end portion of said arm.

2. A dancing toy comprising a body ortion, a carrying arm mounted foroscillating movement above said body portion and transversely thereon,and a figure connected with the free end portion of said arm.

3. Adancing toy comprising a bodgportion, a supporting post carriedbysai body off of the platform. When. it is no longer desired to use thetoy the resilient portion and provided with an arcuate pocket, asupporting arm having its inner end portion rotatably connected withsaid post and provided with a guiding finger extending into said arcuatepocket, and a figure connected with the free end portion of said arm.

4:. A dancing toy comprising a body por tion, a supporting post carriedby said body portion. and provided with an arcuate pocket, a platesecured to the upper end of said post and provided with an .arcuate slotregistering with said pocket, a carrying arm having one end portionpassing through plate into said post to mount the arm for oscillatingmovement, a finger extending from the arm into said pocket 'to limit theoscillating movement of the arm,

and a figure connected with the free end portion of said arm.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of a witness.

WALTERM. COLVIN. Witness:

M. E. Jonas.

